Study it in the app“And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was wholly occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.”
AndδὲwhenὩςSilasὅ Σιλᾶςandτε καὶTimothyὁ Τιμόθεοςcame downκατῆλθονfromἀπὸMacedonia,τῆς ΜακεδονίαςPaulὁ Παῦλοςwas wholly occupiedσυνείχετοwith the word,τῷ λόγῳtestifyingδιαμαρτυρόμενοςto the Jewsτοῖς ἸουδαίοιςthatJesusἸησοῦνwasεἶναιthe Messiah.τὸν χριστὸν
Silas
Silas, a leader of the believers in Jerusalem and a companion of Paul; also called Silvanus.
Where else “Silas” appearsTimothy
Timothy: a disciple and companion of Paul, of a Jewish mother and a Greek father.
Where else “Timotheos” appearscome down
Come down, go down from a higher place.
Where else “katēlthon” appearsMacedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedonias” appearsPaul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulos” appearspress
To press from within, give no rest.
Where else “syneicheto” appearsmessage
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logōi” appearstestify
To declare something in all seriousness.
Where else “diamartyromenos” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiois” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “christon” appearsMacedonia
Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria
A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.
Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).
4And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
5 · This verse (above)
6But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your head! I am clean. From now on I will go to the nations.”
1. What it says
With whom does Paul stay in Corinth, and what work did they do? (vv. 1-3)
2. What it means
Priscilla and Aquila take Apollos aside to explain the Way to him more accurately. How do they go about it? (vv. 24-26)
3. How I live it
Who has kindly helped you see something more clearly? How do you receive correction from another person?
